Permission

Sometimes we just need permission.

Permission to dream big, make the change, take the chance.  To walk through the door, exit the palace, enter the unknown.

In The Moon Divas Guidebook, I called it permission to fail.  Permission to make a mess, allow mistakes, do it wrong and let yourself be all right with that.

I first wrote about permission to fail almost four years ago.  And while I still think we need to be okay with the possibility of discomfort and messiness, I believe it may be permission of a different kind our life requires: permission to succeed.

What does success mean to you?  
The Success Test Success comes from the Latin, successes, "an advance, a coming up, a good result, a happy outcome."

Success, by this definition, feels pretty doable.

It becomes not about the quantifiable measures we usually call "success" but about the qualitative feeling of accomplishment.

Here is my personal success test:

Did I love the making?

Did it bring me joy?

Does my work feed my vision?

Do I feel energized and excited by my work and ideas still?

If I answered yes to any of these questions, I've met success.

Here's Your Permission I hereby grant you permission to take one small step toward your dream today.  The party begins with a movement.  What will it be?  Just declaring your intention will make new possibilities immanent, and your success is practically assured.

Need something more?  One of my favorite quotes ever is often attributed to Goethe, but is actually written by William Hutchinson Murray, a Scottish mountaineer:

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. 

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” 

When is now?
xoxo